Open Mind Magazine

Click on a link below to read articles from past issues of Open Mind:

Open Mind #11 (Spring 2003)

• Everybody's Business
• Post-Kyoto Thoughts from Inside
• The Problem with MERFing
• Why Open Shop Flourishes in Western Canada
• A Contractor's Survival Guide
• The Hiring Games
• The Productivity Gap

Open Mind #10 (Spring 2002)

• The Apprenticeship Puzzle
• The Road to Recovery: WCB Modified Work Duties
• Best Offer: Selling Your Business
• Building a Labour Relations Code for the 21st Century
• Hammering Away at Injustice: Quebec Supreme Court Decision
• Open Shop Project Profile: Williams Energy
• Industrial Projects and the Open Shop Advantage

Open Mind #9 (Spring 2001)

• E-Commerce and Construction
• Strategic Planning
• The Fairness Myth: Fair Wage Laws
• The Open Shop Construction Workforce
• Trade Up CD-ROM Promotes Construction Careers
• Industrial Construction: A look at Open Shop Construction Projects
• Labourwatch.com

Open Mind #8 (Spring 2000)

• Attracting & Retaining Workers for the Construction Industry
• Why Unions Lose Certification Votes
• Profiles of Open Shop Construction
• Measuring Productivity
• The Quebec Construction Travesty
• Improving the Construction Industry Image
• Getting to The Bottom Line on Construction Craft Training

Open Mind #7 (Spring 1999)

• Multiskilling: New Manpower Strategies for a New Millennium
• Diamond Mining: The challenge of building Canada's first diamond mine
• Canadian Labour Laws: Whose interests are being served?
• Prime Contractor: Alberta Occupational Health & Safety Regulations
• Labour Shortages
• The Precarious State of Craft Unions

Open Mind #6 (Spring 1998)

• Being the Best Employer
• Benefits for Open Shop Workers
• Turning Youth onto the Trades
• Drug Screening
• Federal Fair Wage Laws
• Canadians' Views on Unions
• Union Violence

Open Mind #5 (Spring 1997)

• Trends in the Construction Industry
• Apprenticeship in Canada
• Workers' Compensation: Understanding Your Rights
• Building with Multimedia Training
• Open Shop Organizations Linked Across North America
• Labourers Occupation

Open Mind #4 (Spring 1996)

• Open Shop Across Canada
• The Decline of Building Trade Unions
• Construction Best Practices
• Saskatchewan NDP: Rewarding their Friends
• Steeling Back the Metal Building Industry
• Construction Workers in the '90s
• Wrongful Dismissal
• Building Trade Monopoly Ends in BC

Open Mind #3 (Spring 1995)

• Supervisor Training
• Revoking Union Bargaining Rights in 3 Western Provinces
• What Supervisors Say About Open Shop Construction
• What an Owner Wants from a Contractor
• Industrial Maintenance
• Separating Fact from Fiction
• Due Diligence
• Union's Legal Brutality is Destroying Lives

Open Mind #2 (Spring 1994)

• Grant MacEwan Community College
• Open Shop Construction: An Owner's Perspective
• Partnering in Construction
• Alternative Unions
• Millar Western Pulp Ltd
• Certification in Western Canada
• The Looming Crisis for Workers' Compensation
• Interactive Video: The '90s Training Alternative
• British Columbia's Fair Wage Policy

Open Mind #1 (Spring 1993)

• On Time and On Budget
• It's Not Easy Being Green
• Canada's Open Shop Movement
• Alberta Construction Safety Association
• Do Closed Sites Really Make Sense?

To obtain past issues of Open Mind magazine, please e-mail estevenson@meritalberta.com